The 6 weeks from Thanksgiving Day (in the U.S.) through Christmas and on to New Year’s Day are some of the busiest of the year for wives and moms. With extra shopping, cleaning, cooking and celebrating added to your already-busy schedule, you start to feel like the weight of the [continue reading]

It’s hard to believe, but Christmas is right around the corner. How are you doing? Are you starting to feel panicky? If so, and especially if the holidays often feel stressful to you, consider focusing your time and energy on just 6 things this year – 6 family Christmas gifts [continue reading]

Are you stressed out about the Christmas food gifts you need to make for family, friends, teachers, co-workers or neighborhoods? In the past I always stressed about them; for some reason, making food gifts was one of my biggest stresses of the Christmas season. Most years, I started thinking, worrying and [continue reading]

Well, the Christmas season isn’t following the plan I laid out so neatly and carefully. My mother’s death, a year ago this week, is weighing heavily on me. The adopt-a-family project I’m coordinating at work has run into some roadblocks. The cabinet my husband is assembling is spread across the [continue reading]